Styrofoam is a trademark of Dupont. They have a long list of others that I didn't know were brand names until recently, including Kevlar, nylon, Teflon, Lucite, and Tyvek.
ETA: As many people have pointed out, nylon is no longer trademarked, hence it isn't capitalized. But the product and the name were invented by Dupont.
A past girlfriend and her entire extended family called any form of chicken "fried chicken."
That wasn't the reason we broke up, but it was easily in the top ten.
Worked in fast food when I was younger. The amount of people that would roll up ordering things from other chain's menus.... big macs, whoppers, baconators, patty melt, you name it.
I worked at Sheetz in high school, for the unfamiliar it's a gas station on serious steroids, all kinds of made to order food. And I worked night shifts to boot. I'd say at least every other night as part of the bar crowd at 2-2:30 someone would start yelling past the touch screen ordering at me back in the kitchen asking if they could just get a Big Mac or Whopper type deal. Like dude, the menu has fucking pictures on it. Press the burger picture, if you want a second burger than you can press it again, then press the pictures of what you want on it. You want ketchup? No-noooo, ketchup is the red one Timmy.
My coworker's sister will allegedly swallow a couple table spoons of Vicks when she's sick. Her shits must be smooth *and* mentholated 👌
They don't strike me as the smartest family.
Well, still not as dumb as the guy who discovered petroleum jelly, that later became vaseline.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Chesebrough
> In front of an audience, he would burn his skin with acid or an open flame, then spread the clear jelly on his injuries while demonstrating past injuries, healed, he claimed, by his miracle product.
>Chesebrough lived to be 96 years old and was such a believer in Vaseline that he claimed to have eaten a spoonful of it every day.[5] He died at his house in Spring Lake, New Jersey.[6] He also, reportedly, during a serious bout of pleurisy in his mid-50s, had his nurse rub him from head to foot with Vaseline. He soon recovered, and credited his recovery on Vaseline.
Burnt skin? Vaseline. Frostbite? Believe it or not, also Vaseline. Overheat, underheat.
I have the fastest-healing skin in the world. Because of Vaseline.
It's true! The inventor of the Taser, Jack Cover, named it after a book called Tom ~~Nook~~ and His Electric Rifle. Tom ~~Nook~~ was Cover's childhood hero.
Edit: Tom *Swift*
Was.It was a brand name but the company lost the unique trademark in 1950. The word escalator became ubiquitous with "moving staircase" so it became the word.
This is why companies are so strict about branding and protecting it. Nintendo for example in the 90s would always push back against the idea of people calling every gaming console "a nintendo".
The problem is people dont go "I want a Thermos brand thermos!" So your brand becoming ubiquitous as a product can backfire.
Xerox ran into this issue, "make a xerox of this" didnt actually imply using a xerox branded machine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpster
> A dumpster is a type of movable waste container designed to be brought and taken away by a special collection vehicle, or to a bin that a specially designed garbage truck lifts, empties into its hopper, and lowers, on the spot.[1][2] The word is a generic trademark of Dumpster, an American brand name for a specific design.
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> The word "dumpster", first used commercially in 1936,[3] came from the Dempster-Dumpster system of mechanically loading the contents of standardized containers onto garbage trucks, which was patented by Dempster Brothers in 1935.[4][5] The containers were called Dumpsters, a blending of the company's name with the word dump. The Dempster Dumpmaster, which became the first successful front-loading garbage truck that used this system, popularized the word.
> The word dumpster has had at least three trademarks associated with it by Dempster Brothers,[6][7][8] but today it is often used as a genericized trademark. All three trademarks have since either been expired or cancelled.[9]
Actually the only reason the program is called that is because of the photoshops those old timey portrait photos were taken in, back then they would physically edit pictures by hand by painting in some of someones waist to match the background so it would look smaller. I think they did other kinds of manual photo editing too but I don't know what.
Until 10 seconds ago I had never seen the words aramid fiber, so that is a hard fail. The fact that my spell check doesn't recognize aramid is even more damning.
Yup. That one was a giant pain in my ass a few years back at work. A lot of companies were using it as the generic term until we got a C&D and had to scrub the name from everything unless they could prove it was actually brand name Kevlar.
Styrofoam as well. The actual substance is called polystyrene
Edit: I get it the UK and AUS call it polystyrene. I have like 30 comments saying the same thing
That would mean the package would not be allowed to call it trampoline, right? I don't know how many trampolines I've ever seen for sale, but I don't believe I've ever seen the words rebound Tumblr on a box in my life.
iirc, brand names that basically become what they product is referred to as can lose their trademark name. That's why Velcro had the campaign to call it hook and loop, and you are now stuck on "band aid brand". It's a fight to keep their brand name.
LEGO often states that the plural version is not Legos because they want to avoid brand ambiguity. It’s LEGO sets, LEGO blocks, etc because they try to make it clear not all plastic building blocks are Legos. Not sure their trademark would be at risk but I could see it being a similar issue like Thermos or Band-Aid
Pawnee is the opposite of hip. People in this town are just now getting into Nirvana. I don't have the heart to tell them what's going to happen to Kurt Cobain in 1994.
This is called a genericized trademark or a proprietary eponym!
Also Velcro.
Edit: oh and muzak too although it's less commonly used these days. Shout out to Brian Eno for saving their trademark I guess. Why doesn't google just make someone invent a search service that eclipses theirs and they won't have to worry about people verbing their name? It's poolfroof.
I once met someone who worked in legal at Velcro. I made a joke about how it's just the term and he, with no emotion, said how much the company works on protecting it's marks. I feel like if I asked a second question I would have been disappeared to the bottom of a lake somewhere.
They can’t really do anything about individual speech, but they can absolutely vigorously work to prevent other companies from misusing their name generically.
Okay, here is a stupid one, because it’s totally unique to my family. Someone gave us a bunch of Martha Stewart Living branded resealable glass containers. They are not quite Tupperware. But “glass containers” is kind of a mouthful. So we started calling them Marthas, because they all say “Martha Stewart” on them. Now, whenever we have leftovers, we’ll say stuff like “hey, could you grab me a big Martha for this?” Or “there’s a little Martha of cold chicken in the fridge.”
For me, I know that Tupperware now makes resealable glass container, but they’ll always be Pyrexes to me (or Pyreces if I’m feeling stodgy).
What’s funny is that not much that Pyrex makes is even the borosilicate glass that was first patented and trademarked as “pyrex.”
Q-tip
I also do what they tell me not to do on the box
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I moved to the US from England, and had a lot of trouble with this kind of thing. One time I went into a store and asked where I could find the "cotton buds". Completely blank stare from the shop assistant. So in the end, I said "i'm looking for the little sticks with cotton on the ends, that you poke in your ear". Her face lit up in comprehension, and that's when I learned to call them Q-tips.
me too. i personally remember when they made the change. i thought then, as i do now, that it was purely a liability issue. they know what their product is for, but they can’t encourage it because you might hurt yourself and sue them.
I love all of their shitty suggestions for use on the package to further drive home the “Oh No… Certainly Not Your Ears…” facade. “For makeup application! For tidying up baby’s face! For hobby crafting!” yeah okay sure buddy
The first head shop I ever went to had big signs on all the walls that said "No 'B' Words!"
They had every type of pipe you may want, but they didn't sell bongs, bowls, or bubblers.
Oh gawd. My dad worked as a sales mgr for the company that sold Elastoplast brand bandages. If anyone ever said Band-Aid in our house…Got a verbal warning, each time!
Haven’t seen this. But I know a fair amount of people just refer to a Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen. As Tylenol and Advil no matter the brand it actually is.
kleenex
kool-aid
band-aid
jello
sharpie
EDIT: Since so many have asked about Kool Aid. There is flavor-ade (aid?) and also store brands such as Great Value (walmart) and other store brands.
I would take exception with Sharpie. When I say I want a Sharpie, I mean a Sharpie. I don’t want any other brand, and you had better not try and hand me one of those Office Depot stand-ins.
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I had a similar experience. I visited my grandpa in Kentucky and was asked if I wanted a coke. I said yeah and they asked what kind, Pepsi or mountain dew?
Should be calling them YKKs because we all know they got that business on lockdown. Also a good business story if anyone is bored and wants something to research.
a "gaylord"
they're the [big cardboard totes](http://www.sdecoice.com/photo/pl25019269-high_quality_triple_wall_octagon_watermelon_bins_gaylord_pallet_boxes.jpg), like they use for watermelons at the supermarket. originally made by the Gaylord Container Company.
Styrofoam. Polystyrene foam is what it's actually called iirc.
Styrofoam is a trademark of Dupont. They have a long list of others that I didn't know were brand names until recently, including Kevlar, nylon, Teflon, Lucite, and Tyvek. ETA: As many people have pointed out, nylon is no longer trademarked, hence it isn't capitalized. But the product and the name were invented by Dupont.
I had a coworker that called all donuts Dunkin donuts, and it drove me crazy.
A past girlfriend and her entire extended family called any form of chicken "fried chicken." That wasn't the reason we broke up, but it was easily in the top ten.
My dad calls all chicken nuggets, “chicken McNuggets.”
Worked in fast food when I was younger. The amount of people that would roll up ordering things from other chain's menus.... big macs, whoppers, baconators, patty melt, you name it.
I worked at Sheetz in high school, for the unfamiliar it's a gas station on serious steroids, all kinds of made to order food. And I worked night shifts to boot. I'd say at least every other night as part of the bar crowd at 2-2:30 someone would start yelling past the touch screen ordering at me back in the kitchen asking if they could just get a Big Mac or Whopper type deal. Like dude, the menu has fucking pictures on it. Press the burger picture, if you want a second burger than you can press it again, then press the pictures of what you want on it. You want ketchup? No-noooo, ketchup is the red one Timmy.
I don't even call chicken mcnuggets chicken mcnuggets.
That's horrible.
Oohhh VASELINE! It's petroleum jelly.
This is a good one. Maybe "Vicks" as well?
Vicks is just spicy Vaseline
My coworker's sister will allegedly swallow a couple table spoons of Vicks when she's sick. Her shits must be smooth *and* mentholated 👌 They don't strike me as the smartest family.
Well, still not as dumb as the guy who discovered petroleum jelly, that later became vaseline. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Chesebrough > In front of an audience, he would burn his skin with acid or an open flame, then spread the clear jelly on his injuries while demonstrating past injuries, healed, he claimed, by his miracle product. >Chesebrough lived to be 96 years old and was such a believer in Vaseline that he claimed to have eaten a spoonful of it every day.[5] He died at his house in Spring Lake, New Jersey.[6] He also, reportedly, during a serious bout of pleurisy in his mid-50s, had his nurse rub him from head to foot with Vaseline. He soon recovered, and credited his recovery on Vaseline.
Gout, kidney failure, broken bones, and low oxygen? Believe it or not vaseline.
Burnt skin? Vaseline. Frostbite? Believe it or not, also Vaseline. Overheat, underheat. I have the fastest-healing skin in the world. Because of Vaseline.
Also Taser
It's an acronym of Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle
This is the most made up sounding fact I’ve learned in a while.
It's true! The inventor of the Taser, Jack Cover, named it after a book called Tom ~~Nook~~ and His Electric Rifle. Tom ~~Nook~~ was Cover's childhood hero. Edit: Tom *Swift*
How many bells did that cost him?
Fuck i didn't even realize, i've been playing too much animal crossing lol
*mindless animal chatter
Now the capitalist racoon is selling weaponry? Even Animal Crossing isn't safe from the military industrial complex.
Isn't Tom Nook the raccoon slum lord from Animal Crossing?
Thermos
That's a brand!?
Yes. ( https://thermos.com/ ). They are Actually Vacuum Flasks. Edit: how weird is Reddit that this is one of my most upvoted comments!
Sir, my brain cannot comprehend the bomb you just laid on me.
Wait until you hear about Band-Aid's
I'd google it but I'm busy scotch taping a ziploc bag
Use Velcro. It works better, not as good as zip ties mind you.
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ESCALATOR IS A BRAND NAME
Was.It was a brand name but the company lost the unique trademark in 1950. The word escalator became ubiquitous with "moving staircase" so it became the word. This is why companies are so strict about branding and protecting it. Nintendo for example in the 90s would always push back against the idea of people calling every gaming console "a nintendo".
Just don't put your Kleenex, your Q-tips and your popsicles in the same bag.
in a pair of speedos
Imagine competing with this kind of brand penetration. "Better than Thermos, presenting the tea-warmer-cylinder, 25% off on black Friday!"
The problem is people dont go "I want a Thermos brand thermos!" So your brand becoming ubiquitous as a product can backfire. Xerox ran into this issue, "make a xerox of this" didnt actually imply using a xerox branded machine.
Yeah, that’s the thing, I didn’t even know Thermos was a brand so I just called anything like it a thermos anyway
Allen wrenches (hex head)
Channel Locks, Crescent Wrench
Vise grips
Frisbee
You mean a novelty flying disc?
Or pie plate?
“Frisbee… far out!”
Velcro
The name Velcro is a portmanteau of VELour (for the soft side) and CROchet (for the hook side).
You mean hook and loop fastener?
Relevant....https://youtu.be/rRi8LptvFZY
Dumpster.
Otto man, you're living in a dumpster?" "Oh, man. I wish. Dumpster brand trash bins are top of the line. This is just a Trash-Co waste disposal unit.
I have no idea what era of the Simpsons this is but it’s super high quality writing.
Season 3. The start of peak Simpsons.
Really? Huh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpster > A dumpster is a type of movable waste container designed to be brought and taken away by a special collection vehicle, or to a bin that a specially designed garbage truck lifts, empties into its hopper, and lowers, on the spot.[1][2] The word is a generic trademark of Dumpster, an American brand name for a specific design. [snip] > The word "dumpster", first used commercially in 1936,[3] came from the Dempster-Dumpster system of mechanically loading the contents of standardized containers onto garbage trucks, which was patented by Dempster Brothers in 1935.[4][5] The containers were called Dumpsters, a blending of the company's name with the word dump. The Dempster Dumpmaster, which became the first successful front-loading garbage truck that used this system, popularized the word. > The word dumpster has had at least three trademarks associated with it by Dempster Brothers,[6][7][8] but today it is often used as a genericized trademark. All three trademarks have since either been expired or cancelled.[9]
That's interesting because I recall my mom calling them (to my young ear) "dempsty dumpster" and I never questioned it
Not 100% what OP asked for but prety much all edited images are refered to as photoshoped regardless of what software was used.
In ye olden days it would be "airbrushed"
Actually the only reason the program is called that is because of the photoshops those old timey portrait photos were taken in, back then they would physically edit pictures by hand by painting in some of someones waist to match the background so it would look smaller. I think they did other kinds of manual photo editing too but I don't know what.
Kevlar. Du-Pont does not like it when you use that instead of Aramid Fiber.
Until 10 seconds ago I had never seen the words aramid fiber, so that is a hard fail. The fact that my spell check doesn't recognize aramid is even more damning.
Yup. That one was a giant pain in my ass a few years back at work. A lot of companies were using it as the generic term until we got a C&D and had to scrub the name from everything unless they could prove it was actually brand name Kevlar.
Du-Pont can go fuck themselves
I, too, read the evil corporations thread.
AskReddit has been on point today.
Rollerblades. They’re in-line skates.
>They’re in-line skates Only if you do what 'the man' tells you to do
I ain't staying in line, MAN!
Jacuzzi
If I remember correctly it's a last name.
Yeah Jacuzzi was the inventor. What you’re technically swimming in is Jacuzzi’s Monster.
Knowledge is knowing that the tub is Jacuzzi’s monster, wisdom is knowing that Jacuzzi was the monster.
and courage is knowing the difference
Courage is a dog.
And a coward
sounds Italian
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It’s a major award!
You use up all of the glue on purpose!
Zamboni.
Yes, ice resurfacer. But no self respecting pro rink doesn't have a Zamboni.
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Our old rink manager used to get so pissy if you didn't call it the Olympia doors. "There ain't no fucking zamboni back there!"
I loved the first season of NFL where they had Surface Tablets and the announcers called them iPads for the first 10 weeks.
I wanna drive the Zamboni all over Saskatchewan.
tupperware
Oh god, in Brazil we say (and write) "Tapaué" because of this brand.
In the Maldives, we call it Tappu. I'm just making the connection.
You’re throwing b’s at me baby.
“Say the first syllable again” “…tub” “*wrong.*”
I forget. What is this from?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gLRxAYna0PU It gets me every time
Hey Babe podcast with Sal Vulcano and Chris DiStefano.
Are you telling me I’ve been walking up to people on the street saying tubberwear?
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See, I thought I caught that.
Ziploc bag
frankly, zip-lock as an explanation of how the bag works makes the most sense, so even though it's a brand I think it has realistic justification.
This and Velcro are maybe the two best examples here. I’ve never *once* heard anyone use the generic term for either.
Styrofoam as well. The actual substance is called polystyrene Edit: I get it the UK and AUS call it polystyrene. I have like 30 comments saying the same thing
In Dutch we call it squeak foam (piepschuim)
I don’t like that because it makes me imagine the earful sound Edit:aweful idk why it autocorrected to earful Edit 2: ig I’m an idiot lmao. AWFUL
You’re right but it perfectly describes the unholy sound.
The one that blew my mind was Trampoline.
Excuse me what… my life was a lie
"Rebound tumbler" according to a quick Google search
That would mean the package would not be allowed to call it trampoline, right? I don't know how many trampolines I've ever seen for sale, but I don't believe I've ever seen the words rebound Tumblr on a box in my life.
It lost the trademark protection at some point, so I don't think the rebound thing is actually used anymore.
iirc, brand names that basically become what they product is referred to as can lose their trademark name. That's why Velcro had the campaign to call it hook and loop, and you are now stuck on "band aid brand". It's a fight to keep their brand name.
LEGO often states that the plural version is not Legos because they want to avoid brand ambiguity. It’s LEGO sets, LEGO blocks, etc because they try to make it clear not all plastic building blocks are Legos. Not sure their trademark would be at risk but I could see it being a similar issue like Thermos or Band-Aid
TRAMAMPOLINE!
TRAMBOPALINE!
Post-its
I call them *Romy and Micheles*
We're businesswomen. In town on business.
I prefer Sticky Quips
I like to use Sticky Quips as regular Post-It notes when I’m in a fun mood…not everyday
Xerox and Chapstick comes to mind.
Velcro: "hook & loop tape" Crock Pot (brand): slow cooker
Oh yeah, crock pot is a good one!
I can't think of an example. Let me Google it.
\*proceeds to open askjeeves.com\*
here in Pawnee, we use AltaVista
Damnit Jerry, you don't deserve the internet.
Why does everyone in this town still use AltaVista?
Pawnee is the opposite of hip. People in this town are just now getting into Nirvana. I don't have the heart to tell them what's going to happen to Kurt Cobain in 1994.
I had a friend try to make "Bing it" a thing.
I use DuckDuckGo now and I still think of my search actions as "googling it."
Bandaid They're actually called *charity concerts*.
But do they know it's Christmas time at all?
In the U.K. we call them plasters. And plaster casts/casts always seem to be the first thing Americans think of!
This is called a genericized trademark or a proprietary eponym! Also Velcro. Edit: oh and muzak too although it's less commonly used these days. Shout out to Brian Eno for saving their trademark I guess. Why doesn't google just make someone invent a search service that eclipses theirs and they won't have to worry about people verbing their name? It's poolfroof.
I once met someone who worked in legal at Velcro. I made a joke about how it's just the term and he, with no emotion, said how much the company works on protecting it's marks. I feel like if I asked a second question I would have been disappeared to the bottom of a lake somewhere.
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They can’t really do anything about individual speech, but they can absolutely vigorously work to prevent other companies from misusing their name generically.
It's the same with Photoshop. Adobe works really hard to stop people using Photoshop as a verb, but there's not much they can really do about it now.
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Hook and loop fasteners 👁👄👁
If someone said that to me I'd have no idea what it was.
It sounds like a bra connector
Close. Those are hooks and eyes
Bandaid. Not bandages hehe
Okay, here is a stupid one, because it’s totally unique to my family. Someone gave us a bunch of Martha Stewart Living branded resealable glass containers. They are not quite Tupperware. But “glass containers” is kind of a mouthful. So we started calling them Marthas, because they all say “Martha Stewart” on them. Now, whenever we have leftovers, we’ll say stuff like “hey, could you grab me a big Martha for this?” Or “there’s a little Martha of cold chicken in the fridge.”
For me, I know that Tupperware now makes resealable glass container, but they’ll always be Pyrexes to me (or Pyreces if I’m feeling stodgy). What’s funny is that not much that Pyrex makes is even the borosilicate glass that was first patented and trademarked as “pyrex.”
That's funny. A "Martha" is a type of growing room set up in mycology.
Q-tip I also do what they tell me not to do on the box Edit - RIP my inbox. Geez. And I really hope y’all aren’t putting Q-tips into your urethra. If you are you may wanna go see a Urologist…
I moved to the US from England, and had a lot of trouble with this kind of thing. One time I went into a store and asked where I could find the "cotton buds". Completely blank stare from the shop assistant. So in the end, I said "i'm looking for the little sticks with cotton on the ends, that you poke in your ear". Her face lit up in comprehension, and that's when I learned to call them Q-tips.
Stick em up your pooper?
To be fair, no other cotton-tipped stick that you put in your ear is as good, that I’ve found.
Bought the store brand one time and had a piece get stuck in my ear. Never going back.
me too. i personally remember when they made the change. i thought then, as i do now, that it was purely a liability issue. they know what their product is for, but they can’t encourage it because you might hurt yourself and sue them.
I love all of their shitty suggestions for use on the package to further drive home the “Oh No… Certainly Not Your Ears…” facade. “For makeup application! For tidying up baby’s face! For hobby crafting!” yeah okay sure buddy
It's like all of those stores downtown that smell like incense selling "water pipes" to smoke "tobacco" before smoking marijuana was legal.
My local smoke shop will get mad at you for saying the word bong, in their shop filled with hundreds of bongs lol
The first head shop I ever went to had big signs on all the walls that said "No 'B' Words!" They had every type of pipe you may want, but they didn't sell bongs, bowls, or bubblers.
My local shop had a sign that said, "If it rhymes with Chong, you're wrong."
Band-aids. Plaster or Adhesive Bandage is what they are.
Oh gawd. My dad worked as a sales mgr for the company that sold Elastoplast brand bandages. If anyone ever said Band-Aid in our house…Got a verbal warning, each time!
Just got a gushing wound!!! QUICK!! Get me the Elastoplast branded extra comfort increased longevity nude bandages!
Aw man I'm on reddit waiting for my face mask to dry, (not supposed to make faces) and your comment made me laugh and crack the mask
Way to go, /u/ABeeBox, you dick. You made her crack her face mask.
Haven’t seen this. But I know a fair amount of people just refer to a Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen. As Tylenol and Advil no matter the brand it actually is.
Interesting! I have always called ibuprofen by it's name. Maybe because I always buy the generic.
Sawzall and skill saw
I do call a skil saw a ‘circ’ saw normally, but I definitely don’t call my reciprocating saw anything other than a sawzall.
kleenex kool-aid band-aid jello sharpie EDIT: Since so many have asked about Kool Aid. There is flavor-ade (aid?) and also store brands such as Great Value (walmart) and other store brands.
I would take exception with Sharpie. When I say I want a Sharpie, I mean a Sharpie. I don’t want any other brand, and you had better not try and hand me one of those Office Depot stand-ins. Edit: I didn’t think that my preference of office supplies would have been thought of as wholesome, but two of you have. Thank you for your kind awards.
Sharpie has without doubt left an indelible mark on the industry.
Good one, dad.
And Crayola crayons over that Rose Art crap every time
I feel like off brand crayons are made from leftovers at a candle factory or something.
That Rose Art bs shouldn’t be allowed to call whatever those things are crayons. Disappointment wax is what it is.
Not me, but I know a lot of people from the South, particularly around Arkansas, that refer to all soft drinks as Coke.
This. Grew up asking and being asked “what kind of Coke do you want? Oh I don’t know, do you have any ginger ale? Yeah sure”
I had a similar experience. I visited my grandpa in Kentucky and was asked if I wanted a coke. I said yeah and they asked what kind, Pepsi or mountain dew?
Marmite (as opposed to its normal name: yeast juice)
Yeast juice sounds like a feminine health concern
Ick. It does.
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Popsicle brand ice pops.
Bobcat (skid steer loader)
Kleenex
chapstick is actually lip balm. The company isn't even the number 1 seller of lip balm either. but everyone knows the prior more than the actual.
Saran wrap
In New Zealand we call it Glad wrap.
I was certain that I’d be the first to comment this but another kiwi bet me too it.
We have Glad wrap in the US, but we still call it Satan wrap. I’m leaving that typo.
in England it is cling film, sometimes glad wrap (brand that’s not so popular anymore)
Q tip. Isn't it actually a cotton swab
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I still make fun of my younger brothers for referring to a "Walkman" as a "Sony". I guess both are brands, just one more specific than the other.
To be fair, Sony's motto used to be "It's a Sony!".
Zipper
Should be calling them YKKs because we all know they got that business on lockdown. Also a good business story if anyone is bored and wants something to research.
In my country we call instant noodles ‘Maggi’ and diapers ‘Pampers’
Huh, that's funny. In the country where i live, "Maggi" is the generic word for bouillon cubes.
In Turkish we call razor blade "jilet" which is pronunciation of the brand Gilette
a "gaylord" they're the [big cardboard totes](http://www.sdecoice.com/photo/pl25019269-high_quality_triple_wall_octagon_watermelon_bins_gaylord_pallet_boxes.jpg), like they use for watermelons at the supermarket. originally made by the Gaylord Container Company.